Boone County Schools

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8330 U.S. Highway 42

Florence, KY 41042

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April 14, 2023

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Break The Mold

This month’s winner has served in two professional roles over her 19 years in education. Terri Hall has been a school counselor for eight years and before that she was a teacher. She’s the kind of counselor who has the ability to forget you are talking to a counselor. The supports she provides to her students at school she also follows through with them at home. Proof of that is a life changing decision she recently made that speaks volumes about the kind of person and professional she is. 

Heng Yang received the Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizenship Award. This award is given to high school seniors who based on recommendations exhibit the qualities of dependability, cooperation, helpfulness, responsibility, leadership, patriotism and receive good grades. Here to present this award is Peggy Kennedy of the Boone County Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. 

In addition to his duties with the Boone County Schools Superintendent's Student Advisory Council, Heng is a U.S. Senate Youth Program KY Delegate, a Jack Kent Cook College Scholarship Winner, A National Science Youth Camp KY Delegate, a National Merit Winner and with all that he is heading to Columbia University to student Chemicali Engineering. Congratultions Heng!

The Florence Rotary Club recognized three Boone County teachers as Teacher of the Year recipients. Each teacher received a check for $500 from Heritage Bank to donate to an education charity of their choice and citations from the KY Senate and House of Representatives, a Boone County proclamation naming that date as those teacher’s day and the Kentucky Colonel Award. Congratulations to Charity Ehrenberg of Ryle High School, Brittany Gilbreath of Stephens Elementary School and Kim Forman of Yealey Elementary School.  

We want to acknowledge the following students who were finalists, competed in regionals or reached first or second place in their schools spelling bee: From Burlington Elementary Colin O’Neill and Heidi Payne, from Kelly Elementary Paige Brummett and Bohdi Weber, from Gray Middle School Charli Cooper, from Florence Elementary Karmen Thompson and Donel Williams, from Ballyshannon Middle School, Tara Rakesh and Nasim Syed, from Mann Elementary Dineth Herath and Amelia Gjyshi, from North Pointe Elementary Kaiden Bouwie and Abe Huesman. Congratulations to all. See their picture below. 

We are acknowledging the following students who were selected to perform in the 2023 KBO Middle School All-State Band. This year’s event was held at Eastern Kentucky University Center for the Arts. Students from all over the state submitted audition sand 84 students were chose from thirty-six schools. Chosen to attend from Ockerman Middle were Ty Gatewood, Wendy Griffith, Macy Mitchell and Emma Proctor. Congratulations! See their picture below. 

Last night was the last session of our second class of Superintendent’s District Ambassadors completing a 9 month program. This program started last summer to give Boone County community members and parents an in depth look and understanding of our school district. These ambassadors graduated last night with a charge to go out into the community and encourage others to get involved with Boone County Schools. We thank you for all you've done and for the work you will do in the future. Below are names of the Ambassadors who attended and their picture.

Kimberly Barach

Erin Benson

Mary Cochran

Regina Fink

Cyndi Haren

Sylretta Jones

Amanda Perzel

Lisa Randall

Brandon Releford

Travis Risher

Denise VanLeuvan

Aileen Miram Wang

Matthew Webster

Last year at this time we acknowledged Michael Johnson, head custodian at IGNITE Institute, for winning the Kentucky Education Association Education Support Professional of the Year award. That put him in the running for this year’s National Education Associations (NEA) annual award. His nominator Charlie Bufano said, quote “We recently traveled to Seattle, Washington for the NEA ESP Conference along with a BCCEA group selected by the KEA to represent Kentucky to cheer Mike on. While he did not win the National award it is still prestigious to be one of the 38 nominees and we at the BCCEA are proud to have had one of our own to be in the running.” On behalf of the district Mike, we congratulate you!